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Police find stolen car chase suspect hiding in trash can

Des Moines police pursued the driver of a stolen car in a chase that ended with officers finding the suspect hiding in a trash can.

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Updated: 7:06 PM CST Dec 22, 2016

Police find stolen car chase suspect hiding in trash can

Des Moines police pursued the driver of a stolen car in a chase that ended with officers finding the suspect hiding in a trash can.

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Updated: 7:06 PM CST Dec 22, 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Des Moines police said they pursued the driver of a stolen car in a chase that ended with officers finding the suspect hiding in a trash can Thursday morning.

Police said the chase started on foot, then became a vehicle pursuit when the suspect stole a car, and then became a foot chase once again when the driver ditched the stolen vehicle.

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According to police, an officer witnessed the suspect snooping around some homes in the 700 block of East 5th Street. An officer pursued the suspect in a foot chase north, where the suspect ran across the pedestrian bridge over I-235, police said.

Police said the suspect stole a car somewhere north of I-235. Officers next saw the suspect near 6th Avenue and Hickman Road. The driver refused to pull over, and the chase was on again from there, police said.

According to police, the driver led officers on a chase that went east on Hickman, then south on 9th Street to University, then east on University.

The chase lasted for several minutes, and police said eventually the driver ditched the car around east 14th Street and Cleveland Avenue.

After a second short foot pursuit, officers said they found the driver hiding in a trash can in the 1400 block of east 15th Street.

The accused driver was arrested and faces several charges. He has not yet been identified.Check the KCCI News App and KCCI.com for updates on this developing story.